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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Carnival of Liberty - LVIIII

Porcupine is proud to host the 59th consecutive Carnival of Liberty.

We will begin with Fearless Pholosophy for Free Minds - the blog rather than the mindset, although they are not mutually exclusive. Steve has written extensively about Collateral Damage of the War at Home, and this is the second part of his essay. Please click HERE to enjoy thoughtful analysis of a complex problem.

Next, Critical Mastiff writes A New Paradigm for Medical Insurance. As Mastiff wrote, "Our medical system encourages the wrong behaviors. If insurance companies paid out cash instead of guaranteeing treatment, the system would be more free-market." Please click HERE to read an excellent imagination of solutions.

Rennyopolis is concerned about our free Republic and writes What Does Defense Spending Mean for Democracy? Please read HERE for a well thought out warning.

Property is very much upon the minds of the Life, Liberty and Property Community. The estimable Mr. Ogre has written about North Carolina Property Rights. Please read HERE, to answer his clarion call for the Old Dominion. The London Fog has written Fiscal Balance: The Great Game. Please read HERE for an exposure of the victimhood of governments, lamenting how those bad taxpayers are holding out on them. Scatterbox by Steve Silver writes about "a perfect storm" of financial and poltical discontent in Forecast. Please read HERE for this grim weather assessment.

But indeed, the Community does more than just warn, it offers philosophy as well. Eidelblog writes an Analysis of the Socialist Mindset, which can be found HERE. His fellow member, Principled Discovery, writes about the detritus of history in a report called What To Do With Karl Marx. His imaginative suggestion appears HERE .

Porcupine, however, is more concerned with Liberty, and perhaps Life, this week. In Another County Heard From, Porcupine writes of how difficult it is to adhere to the principles of free speech and expression when confronted with a new blog written by the President of Iran, in an essay HERE.Yes, we still have our freedom of expression, and weekly we come together to exchange ideas and put the dictators of the world to shame in out Pursuit of Happiness.

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Known as 'Peter Porcupine', I championed traditional rural England and its values against changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution. As the father of modern political commentary, I invented the attack ad...or pamphlet. In my 'Political Register', I was the first to pubish political debates to inform the public about the conduct of politicians. Fleeing England after accusing my Regiment of financial chicanery, I came to America in order to live and write in a free country, until I faced a jail sentence for my pamphlets. While in America, my 'Porcupine's Gazette' was the most widely read political commentary of my day. After returning to England, I served two years in Newgate for writing to protest flogging in the army, and returned to America again. Returning to England shortly before I died, I spent my last years as a Member of Parliament.